Archives and Manuscripts

Alphabetical list of archives and manuscripts

This list is intended to give a brief overview of all the archive collections currently held in Special Collections. For full details please search by MS No. at the Online Archives Catalogue.

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Name Manuscript Number Description
Sail MS 212 Lawrence Sail, poet, critic, translator: literary papers, 1974-2002
Salter MS 228 Florence and Bertha Salter, soprano and contralto singers originally from North Devon, (London debut made 1895): programmes and publicity brochures, 1896-1917
Schnitzler MS 214 Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), Austrian playwright and novelist: Schnitzler Presscuttings Archive containing presscuttings relating to his own writings, with illustrations, cartoons, photographs, playbills and programmes, 1891-1937
Scott MS 17 Sir William Scott (1745-1836), Lord Stowell, judge, MP: Speech on presenting Sir W Grant to the University of Oxford for the degree of DCL, 1820
Shebbeare MS 293 John Shebbeare, Secretary of Ministry of Interior Affairs, Oman: personal papers and photograph album, c 1970
Simms MS 18 Simms family: correspondence of the Revd Edward Simms (c 1803-1899), clergyman, poet and translator of Homer, and of his daughter, M N Simms, 1832-1898
Simms MS 204 Revd Edward Simms (c 1803-1899), clergyman, poet and translator of Homer: photocopy of 1890 printed poem on Sir Walter Scott
Somerfield MS 326 Somerfield supermarket and related organisations: papers
South Brent MS 136 South Brent Women's Institute: scrapbook, 1965
South Tawton MS 180 South Tawton Photographic Archive: copies of original photographs held at South Tawton Photograph Archive, 1980s
Spence MS 22 Arthur Yates (fl 1956-57): letters from Margaret Spence relating to her biography of Ruskin, 1956-1957
Spence MS 189 Copies of drawings of University buildings (physics and chemistry) by Basil Spence (1907-1976), architect, 1958
Starcross MS 118/1 Royal Western Counties Institution, Starcross, 1862-c 1990 (now at the Devon Record Office)
Starcross MS 118/2 Digby and Wonford House Hospitals League of Friends, 1955-1988 (now at the Devon Record Office)
Starcross MS 118/3 Newcourt House (School of Nursing), 1944-1949 (now at the Devon Record Office)
Starcross MS 118/4 Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, 1930s-1960s (now at the Devon Record Office)
Starcross MS 118/5 West of England Eye Infirmary, 1960s-1974 (now at the Devon Record Office)
Stirling MS 3 D M Stirling (fl 1830-1838), topographical writer on Devon: papers on Uplyme etc, c 1838
St. Luke's MS 205 Victor Charles Fox, student at St. Luke's College 1929-1931: memorabilia relating to his time as a student at St. Luke's, including postcards and standard-issue crockery, 1929-1931
Stockdale MS 19 Frederick Wilton Litchfield Stockdale (1786-1858), antiquary: manuscript notes towards a history of Devon (on loan to Devon and Exeter Institution), 1828-1858
Stothard MS 224 One volume of extracted engravings from works of English literature 18-19th c, entitled 'Stothard's Engravings', by the artist and engraver Thomas Stothard
Strickland MS 101 Margot Strickland (b 1927), biographer: research papers for an autobiography of the Cornish pianist Moura Lympany (b 1916), 1991-1992
Syon MS 262 Syon Abbey, Devon: collection of medieval and renaissance (many illuminated) theological and music manuscripts, 15th-17th c
Syon MS 265 Syon Abbey (Bridgettine order, South Brent, Devon): papers relating to reading habits and book collections of nuns, 20th c